TripAdvisor Reviews City Inn (Chengdu Kuanzhai Alley)

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... little shops were neat and some of them sold all sort of food items...some of which I had no clue what it was. The smells were interesting. You could smell tofu (which was kinda gross), and all sorts of different spices. The people seemed nice, but almost no one spoke English. The understand money though, so it's easy to make a purchase or even barter with them. I don't really barter though...I will leave that up to Kristen! There were ...

... base, was what else but a giant panda formed creatively by connected oval shapes. Within a few minutes twenty-two grown adults became magically transformed by black and white fur balls. Lucky enough to witness feeding time, the individual personalities of the Pandas shone through. While happy enough to mingle with their peers, for a short time they do enjoy their own solitude, with some wandering off to find a comfortable spot perched in the ...

... But it didn't quite taste the same. The grilled chicken sandwich was teriyaki chicken on a bun. Lol After that we went to a Chinese opera and drank tea during it. It was soo funny, beautiful, and the whole experience was just awesome. Going to bed though, gotta get an early start for a lot of walking tm lol ...

... some Chinese ladies, who were fighting between themselves to stay with us, or not. We are not sure if it was us, the only Westerners on board or the fact that the room smelt like a public sewer. Anyway they eventually sorted themselves out and we went to bed. About an hour later the boat docks and the entire boat load get off to go and see a temple in the dark at the top of the hill. We stayed in bed ... they are not that exciting during the day. ...

... some souvenirs and N really wanted to try the famous mutton broth. It goes like this - they give you a bowl and two huge pieces of bread that you have to crumble yourself. After you finish this you give it back to the guys working there and they will fix you your broth. They put glassnoodles, broth and mutton in the bowl and voila, dinner is served. The restaurant has to be one of the grimiest places we visited but ey, the food was good and cheap :D.